Stash Sunday

I think on Sundays, I’m going to feature a particular yarn…

Today’s Stash Sunday feature is Rowan Colourspun.

 

Colourspun is a new yarn introduced by Rowan.  They describe it as

“Colourspun is a lovely wool and mohair blended yarn which is sublime to knit. Each shade is produced by blending two printed and two solid colours together and then twisted with a printed binder.”

It is 72% Wool, 14% Mohair and 14% Polyamide and about 148 yds (135m)

I first saw it on the cover of the WEBS catalog and was instantly in love.  I purchased 2 balls at Stitches East to try out.  One I am giving away, but the second I used to make a hat.

Look at those subtle colour changes (since it’s a British yarn, I’ll use the British spelling!) It’s called Hubberholme.  It is not itchy, although it has wool and mohair.

It was very easy to crochet, but occasionally I ran into “splittiness” because of the mohair. It would wrap around the hook at times, and I’d have to redo the stitch…

I currently have the pattern book on order and I’m going to try my hand at these mittens.  Not sure I’ll do the colourwork section, as that is still kinda scary for me (in knitting)…But that was the picture that made me fall in love with this yarn…

I have enough left of the ball to make cuffs for some fingerless gloves. 

Winner, Winner...

I finally ran the random number thingy and Anastacia Knits has won the assortment of gifties...Congratulations!

Veteran's Day

Second post today to honor Veterans.  I am proud to say that my family has veterans that have fought in most major wars back to the Spanish-American war. I also believe, except for the Air Force, we have represented all branches of the military...

FO Friday! Woo-eee....

This is a cap that I made a friend for her baby girl-to-be.  She will appreciate the funkiness of it!  The yarn is a vegan from The Crafty Scientist who also now owns Madison Wool.  It is made of nylon faux cashmere and is unbelievably soft!  I had a bit left over so played with it..it's not done, as I need to add something to it, so next week.

This is the Hubs blanket/afghan.  I started it back in 2009.  There is a reason I don't make too many of these.  It was made with I Love This Yarn acrylic.  I really like this acrylic yarn.  It is very soft and easy to work with, only I have to order it online, as it is sold at Hobby Lobby and there are none near me.

And lastly, a new pair of fingerless gloves.  I love fingerless gloves and have made a  bunch of them.  I just make up the pattern as I go, and I fit them to my hands as I go, so they really are custom made.  The yarn is a mystery yarn I received in a swap.  I believe it is Patons Kroy sock yarn, there's a bit of a stretch.  I love the striping patten and they almost exactly striped the same way!

Head over to Tami's Amis for more FO Friday

And the HITS keep coming...literally

I said it had to get better, right?.....yeah...wrong....

1. Repair guys never showed up yesterday....got to try and reschedule for a Saturday now....

2.  And the kicker.....on the way to Aunt Irene's wake, I got rear-ended....the car looks okay...have to check tomorrow...car is black, it was dark and raining....but my neck and shoulders hurt a bit....

I sound like a Drama Llama...really I just want to go to bed, pull the covers over my head and wait for November to end...how many days in this frickin' month?

WIP Wednesday and Yarn Along

These two projects will possibly be FO's by Friday.  The blue afghan is for the Hubs and I'm so glad it is almost done...I am bordering it at the moment.  The Infinity Scarf has been featured here several times....I have 1.5 colors left to do..so again almost done...

I finished Sheepish and On A Highland Shore.  Loved Sheepish, really want to get her first book:  Hit By A Farm.....On A Highland Shore was also very good and I would like to read the next book, not sure if it is a series or just a sequel....

The House at Riverton by Kate Morton has been on my bookshelf for awhile.  I read her The Lost Garden.  It was one of the best books I read last year and I immediately went out and bought this book...then I got caught up the George RR Martin frenzy and put all other books aside....Although I have not finished the last Martin book, I figure there is no rush...it'll be years before the next is out...so onto other authors...and I saw another of her books the other day and almost purchased it, but figured I should read this one first...

As always head on over to Tami's Ami's for more WIP's, again I cannot link to the Yarn Over meme, but it is in my previous Wednesday posts...

So far, November SUCKS the Big One!

So here's the scoopage...

1. Freak Snowstorm takes out power for a week....(7 days, not a work week)

2.  Go to hang out at hotel in Mass with some knitters and hookers, only good thing so far this month (but it was a DOOZY!)

3.  Get to work yesterday and get the phone call from my mom about my aunt...go home and wait for updates on what's happening...

4.  While waiting, watch some tv, cuz hey it's been a week (except for the weekend at the hotel)....cable goes out..WHAT THE HELL!!!

5. Go outside and cable wire is hanging in the street....neighbor informs me truck ripped the wires down on the way down the hill.....they were low because of the storm (DAMN STORM!)

6.  Call cable company (which is also home phone and internet) and it'll be a couple of days, as they are still fixing all the other downed wires from storm...big sigh!

7.  Hubs informs me that fridge is not working right since power came on (honestly, I don't pay much attention to what goes on in the kitchen)

8.  Repair guy comes to check (and hike up his falling down pants) It's the compressor....(awesome - sarcastically muttered) Probably blew with power surge when power come on, but can't prove it (it was working fine before the storm!)

9. On netbook, until cable is returned...netbook is fine, but loads picture reeeaaallly
sloooooowwwlllyyy....so few pictures for blog.....AND the security doesn't let me visit all my blogs (FRUSTRATION!!!)  Do I turn it off??? 

So if I haven't visited your blog or commented in awhile these many reasons are why......

I have finished a couple of projects during this time, almost completed a few more and started some new ones....

But it can only get better, right?  Right?